Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, opens its 60th Anniversary Season on June 17 with the musical, Pippin. “With many theatres around the country announcing that they will not open until September and others scheduling concert-style productions prior to that,” said Executive Director, Dan Danielowski, “we are very happy to be announcing full scale productions here at TLP.”
The line up for the summer begins with Pippin opening on June 17. The summer continues with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Robber Bridegroom, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. In September, TLP will bring The Buddy Holly Story to the stage. The Buddy Holly Story is not included in the basic subscription price of $119. Subscription holders may add Buddy at the subscription price of $20. A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline has been moved to October, but is still included in the basic subscription.
TLP’s World Premiere of What a Wonderful World will perform at Christmas. “Since this is a Christmas show,” said Paul Stancato, TLP Artistic Director, “moving it to the Christmas slot seemed the appropriate thing to do so we could give this production the full TLP treatment!”
TLP’s All Area Teen Musical concert production of Rent will be presented July 26 – 30. Rent tells the story of a group of New York artists living in Manhattan’s lower east side during the early 90’s. Based on the famous opera, La Boehme, Rent opened on Broadway in 1996 and ran for 13 years. “We are extremely excited to be bringing this iconic show to Timber Lake Playhouse!”, says Paul Stancato, Artistic Director for TLP. “The music is such an inspiration for many young theatre artists and what better way to present it than with our ALL-AREA TEENS.”
Auditions for Rent will be Saturday, June 12th from 10-5pm with callbacks happening on Sunday, June 13th. Ages 13-17 will be eligible to audition. Please come prepared with a 45-60 second cut of a song either from the show or one similar. Pop/rock songs are acceptable. Please bring your own sheet music for the provided accompanist. You may also sing unaccompanied. ALL PERFORMERS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED BY JULY 5TH IN ORDER TO PARTICIAPATE.
The Illinois Arts Council has awarded Timber Lake Playhouse a grant to create a paid apprentice program for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. TLP is now accepting applications for the apprenticeship program. Interested youth should send a letter of application with an artistic statement and a letter of recommendation from someone familiar with their work to admin@timberlakeplayhouse.org.
Timber Lake Playhouse’s Concert Series is in full swing with concerts being performed at the TLP new concert venue on the south end of the campus. This Saturday, 52nd Street will perform their Billy Joel Tribute at 7:00. On Sunday, June 6, Johnny Russler and the Beach Bum Band will play the music of Jimmy Buffett and on Saturday, June 12, come and meet the new TLP Resident Company is a special concert.
For tickets, visit www.timberlakeplayhouse.org. You may also call the box office at 815-244-2035 or visit them at 8215 Black Oak Road in Mount Carroll during business hours. All performance dates and times are available online.
